Rurouni Kenshin Fan Fiction ❯ Way of the Wanderer ❯ Chapter 2

A/N: Ok first of all I am Super Sorry about the long wait between updates, so to make up I have not one but two chapter for you people. Oh and by the way this chapter here is my first shot at writing a fight so lay off and any tips would be nice.

Way of the Wanderer:
Chapter 2

"Zazai, why do you do this to me?" The exasperation in this person was voice was all too apparent to Yahiko.

"Oh come on it's not like I killed him Chan." Zazai said with a slight snicker, it seem he was quit amused with his associate's name.

"I told you not to call me Chan." He calmly hissed. Yahiko could not help but snicker himself at this person shared plight.

"Oh I forgot you go by Ryo when you're in Japan...Ryo...Chan?"

"Shut up!" he hissed. "We're not alone." He said noticing an approaching presence. "We should get out of here, now." They to started to leave the ally, however...

"Stop right there!" Yahiko yelled at the far end of the ally. The two men stop, but they did not turn around, although the taller one did curse under his breath. The half moon that night had provided enough light for Yahiko to make out what the two were wearing. The taller one almost looked like a monk, with his dark blue robe and baldhead he could have easily passed for a man of the cloth; that is, he would have if it weren't for the sword that hung from his sash. The shorter one had spiky hair and was wearing a green yutaka. In his hands was a kusarigama that had a spiked weight attached to its end. Oddly enough the two men had yet to turn around, instead they seem to be engaged in some conversation. Just then the shorter one raised his sickle, Yahiko gripped the handle of his sword ready to draw. However just as he was about to turn around his partner stopped him and made him lower his weapon. The one in green gave his partner a defiant look for just a second, before he shrugged his shoulder and began to walk off. "Hey were do you think your going!" Yahiko called out.

"You'll have to excuses my friend, but I felt that he had enough fun for the night so I sent him away" said the ever clam voice of the man in blue. At this time he finally turned to face Yahiko, his face however was still concealed within the shadows. When he saw Yahiko just scoffed. "Just a kid." He muttered to himself.

"Hey, who you calling kid!" Yahiko yell. The man just sighed.

"All right look, I've got thing to do. So I propose that you let me be on my way. It saves me time and saves you from getting struck down for trying to stop me. In the end, everyone stands to gain. So how bout it kid?" A fierce growl was Yahiko's only response to the man's proposal. He showed his dismay with Yahiko's decision with yet another sigh. "Always the hard way" he said to himself as he drew his sword.

"A Chinese sword." Yahiko gasped to himself as he marveled at foreign blade. It was a finely crafted Chinese broadsword with an emerald green band running up the center of the blade.

"Now pay attention boy." His voice was void of the patronizing tone he addressed had Yahiko with before, it returned back to that cold, while slightly exasperation, tone from before. "This will be over in soon enough." He then lunged at Yahiko with such speed that he didn't even have time to draw his sword. All he could do was raise his arm in a seemingly futile defense. "Far too easy" was all he said before he brought down his sword. However Yahiko managed to catch the sword between his knuckles. Needless to say, having his attack block in such a way was quit a shock for the fake priest.

"Not so easy now, am I?" Yahiko grunted as he struggled to keep the sword from coming down on his head. Since they where so close to each other Yahiko could final see the face of the man he was fighting. However he had no really distinguishing features aside for a deep gash on his left eyebrow. At that moment both their eyes met, Yahiko shot him a fierce glare, he responded by slowly blinking his eyes, then letting out a loud sigh.

"This may take longer than I first anticipated." He said as he wrench his sword free from Yahiko's iron grip, cutting him in the process. He tried to create so distance from Yahiko, but he would not have any of that. Yahiko quickly drew his sword and launched an attack for the man torso. He quickly flipped his sword to a backhanded position so that could not only block Yahiko's attack, but it also allowed him to push him away, creating the distance that he initially sought. The two stood at opposite end of the ally staring each other down, just then the fake priest did something that Yahiko had never seen anyone one do in the middle of a fight. He sheathed his sword, and then began to walk away.

"Where do you think your going?" Yahiko yell, his anger was reaching new heights, he had never felt such disrespect.

"As I said before, my time is very valuable and I do not have time to play samurai with you tonight." Yahiko was just about to cut him off when "Beside the longer we go at this, the less time our little friend has."

"Little friend?" Yahiko repeated thoughtlessly, at moment he remembered the whole reason he was here in the first place.

"Yeah he's right over there." He said as he nodded his head over to the left. What was there was a young man about Yahiko's age, propped against the ally wall. Yahiko ran over to the fallen man.

"Hey are you all right?" Yahiko called out to the man as he shook him by the shoulders.

"Uh" Was his only response. He was pretty messed up to say the least, his tan yukata was torn to shreds and covered in blood.

"Don't worry you're going be ok." Yahiko said as he picked up the injured young man. He gave a quick look around for the robed man, who was now long gone, before rushing off with the young man, hoping that Gensai- sensei was still up at this hour.

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It was around noon when he finally woke up. "Well this is new." He said noting his new surrounding. He was now in a four tatami-mat room, lying on a relatively comfortable futon. He also noticed that his whole body felt kinda tight, upon a quick self-examination he found that both his arms and chest were wrapped in bandages. He then gave the room the quick once over, "Damn I liked the yukata too" he said when he saw that what remained of his tan yukata was balled up in the corner of the room. Just then the door slide open, and an old man wearing a pale green doctor's smock stepped in.

"Oh you're awake. Just sit still this will only take a second" Gensai said as he moved toward the young. He then began to examine him.

"Um Ojii-san"

"My name is Gensai." He said off handedly as look at the young man's arm. "Does this hurt." He said as he moved his arm?

"No... um Gensai...sensei."

"Good." He then began to check out his chest. "Well it seem that nothing is broken or bruised." He said finishing up his examination. "hmp, The way Yahiko way was acting last night, you would think that you were near death." He said with a slight chuckle.

"Um Gensai-sensei." The young man said, once more trying to gain the old doctors attention.

"Oh, yes you must be incredibly confused." He then proceeded to fill him in on how he got there.

"Oh, well I would like to meet this Yahiko so I could properly thank him for saving me. I hate to ask for something seeing how you already did so much for me, but Gensai-sensei do you think you could tell me were to find him."

"Oh it's no trouble at all. You should be able to find Yahiko at the Kamiya Kasshin Dojo, however it is lunch time so you might want to check the Akebeko first."

"Thank you Gensai-sensei. Well I guess I'll be going now." He said as he picked himself up and started for the door.

"Are you sure you want to head out in that?" Gensai asked. It was at that moment that he realized that he was wearing a thin white cotton yukata obviously made for sleeping in.

"Hee hee hen"

"I think we might have something more appropriate that will fit you." A few minutes later he was wear a very nice crimson yukata.

"Thank you so much Gensai-sensei, you have done some much for me. I would repay you for your help, but you could say that my funds have been forcibly removed from me."

"Oh please don't trouble you self with that, I'm just happy I could be of help." The young man gave Gensai a deep bow before setting out. "Um excuse me young man, but do you know your way to the Akebeko?" A huge sweat drop appeared on the back of his head. "I'll have Ayame and Suzume show you the way."

End of Chapter 2

A/N: Well that's that, oh and about that little fight I was trying to write a fight were you could tell that one of the people really didn't want to be there, so it was never really meant to be fast pace or action packed. Oh and for those who don't know any Japanese this is for you

Ojii-san: this pretty much mean grandfather but can be use to refer to any really old guy.

Sensei: This can be use for doctors, master of any profession, but it is mostly used for teachers

Kusarigama: a sickle and chain weapon.